U23 World League

Påskbergsvallen
Spectators: 7561 (Terracing: 5672, Seating: 1738, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ture Strömberg got the match started through his kick off. In the 18th minute, Kiril Kratunkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gunnar Österberg's late challenge caught a DOROSTOL Ss's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gunnar Österberg helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Warberg FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Gunnar Österberg hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ivo Mandev in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Börje Magnusson saved Warberg FC from getting behind. If Kiril Kratunkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Gunnar Österberg was shown his second yellow card after 38 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Gunnar Österberg hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Warberg FC defense, Ivo Mandev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Börje Magnusson. The Warberg FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Börje Magnusson should have stopped the shot. Göran Ekeberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yanko Karaivanov having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kiril Kratunkov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The DOROSTOL Ss fans' excitement grew in the 53rd match minute when DOROSTOL Ss's Ivo Mandev looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 57th minute, Göran Skröder hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gustav Kock charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gustav Kock the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 59 minutes into the game, one of Warberg FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 64th minute Kiril Kratunkov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Börje Magnusson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ivo Mandev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Lukas Granström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Pavlin Klyashev's late challenge caught a Warberg FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pavlin Klyashev helped the player get up and apologised. After 78 played minutes DOROSTOL Ss got a freekick which was hit by Pavlin Klyashev. An unexpectedly hard shot by Göran Skröder in the 80th minute of play forced DOROSTOL Ss's goalkeeper Yanko Karaivanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ture Strömberg received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Yanko Karaivanov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Dragolyub Dudekov fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored DOROSTOL Ss's protests and gave Dragolyub Dudekov a yellow card for diving instead. Dragolyub Dudekov hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Evrosi Zdravkov hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Pavlin Klyashev kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Yanko Karaivanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sören Hermansson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 99th match minute, Warberg FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Göran Ekeberg to maneuver through the defense. The Warberg FC manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing DOROSTOL Ss to win.